Wash-board



(No Model.)

'W. FINLAY.

WASH BOARD.

N0. ..-39Z,669.v Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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FJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,669, dated November 13, 1888,

Application filed February 14, 1858. Serial No. $261.01]. (No model.)

T0 at whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FINLAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Schoolcraft, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful ash-Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object certain irnprovements below described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of the board; Fig. 2, a section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a lettered detail, hereinafter described; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged lettered broken detail fron Fig. l in perspective.

Referring to the letters marked on the drawings, B shows the side pieces; 00, the top strips; 1), the cap; and S, the base-strip, substantially as heretofore. The rubbingsurface of the board consists of ribbed sections at, having a tenon at the ends,which loosely fits in the channel r of the side pieces, B. (See Figs. 4 and 3.) The head-board d at each end loosely fits in said channels 2' and the baseheading a between the upper one of the sections a, and the board (Z also has tenoned ends loosely fitting in chan- Between the lower ribbed section, a, and the base-strip S are placed springs, prefably spiral springs 12, in recesses or pockets in said lower section and basestrip. (See right lower side of Fig. l.) The expansive function of these springs holds the parts a c d in close contact with each. other; but should any of these parts swell the springs will yield and make room for them in the frame of the board. It is not necessary that the parts 0 d be loose in the channelsr of the side pieces, B, butpreferably so. Both sides of the wash-board are alike, as shown in Fig. 2.

A Wash-board thus provided with ribbed sections held in cont-act (in all conditions of tact with each other, substantially as set forth. b

2. The wash-board frame having the channeled sides,theribbcd sections,the head-board, and the base-heading, all having their ends loosely inserted in said channels, and the springs between the lower section and baseheading. substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

\V ILLTA M FINLAY.

\Vi t nesses:

L. BALLOU,

D. K. lliGNAUGHTON. 

